Fobes, Edwin L., “Ed Fobes interview (video and transcript, 1 of 5), 1991,” Digital Collections, accessed March 14, 2025, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/41926.
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Ed Fobes interview (video and transcript, 1 of 5), 1991
Interview of Ed "Sarge" Fobes by filmmaker Frank Boring for the documentary, Fei Hu: The Story of the Flying Tigers. Fobes served as AVG Headquarters Clerk. He was stationed in Rangoon and Toungoo, Burma and Loiwing and Kunming, China. In this tape, Fobes describes his upbringing in Chicago, Illinois before joing the military and how he was recruited to join the AVG in China. He also illustrates his experience traveling aboard the Jaegersfontein and his first impressions upon arrival in Rangoon.